Wind-operated ornament for automobiles and the like



Nov. 3o 1926. 1,608,609

C. L METZGER WIND OPERATED ORNAMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 16, 1925 Patented Nov. 30, 1926.

units STATES OONSTANCE I. METZGER, OF VENICE, CALIFORNIA.

WIND OPEBATED ORNAMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES AND THE LIKE.

Application filed November 16, 1925.

This invention relates to ornaments of the type designed to be mounted, for example upon the radiators of automobiles, and relates more particularly to that type of ornament adapted to be operated by wind pressure.

An object of the invention is to provide a lite-like ornament in which various features are operated by wind pressure.

Another object is to provide an ornament at this character that is a semblance of a head having features such as, for example. mouth, eyes and ears, adapted to be given movement hy wind pressure which may be created or amplified by motion of the vehicle upon which the ornament is mounted.

.i. turthcr object of the invention is to movement of the eye-balls by moreni the ears.

i i 'iurther object is to el'l'ect movement oi the month by wind pressure against the chin of the figure.

(Ether objects and mivai'itrip'es will appear in the subjoined detailed desc ption.

The accmnpanying drawings illustrate the invrnti' Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a \vind-operuteri ornrunent constructed in accordance with the pro visions oi this invention. broken lines indicating the neck portion and cap of a radiator on which the ornament is mounted.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of Fig. 1 from the left thereof.

Fig. 2% an enlarged plan view, partly in section. from the line indicated by 3-3, Fia 1.

Fig. l is an enlarged itraginental plan section on the line indicated by 4t4, Fig. 1.

Fig". 5 is a sectional. detail on the line 5 -5. Fin. 3.

:3 sectional detail on the line ti6. l io', El. to the drawings there is pro- .iwier 11 hich. in this instance, ,mm of a hun'ian head. though any shape may he employed within the oi the invention. The member 11 is ided at its lower end with a split collar that is circular so as to it around the neck 13 of the radiator of an automobile. The collar 12 is secured in place by any suitable fastener as. for example. a bolt 14.

The member 11 is provided with a hinged element 15, the pivot of the hinge being indicated at 16. In this instance the eleindicaied or Serial No. 69,332.

ment in is in the inn of a chin and lower lip. and a coiled spring: or springs 17 on piwt to tend to yioldingly hold the element 13 closed against the upper lip 18. lee end of each of the springs 17 is secured at .19 to rearivardlv extending flanges 20 ot' the tlelement 15 and the other end oi each ends in any s1 table manner to the side wall of said inei'nicr .11. Vertical pivots: 2?- are carried by the (rose-member Q-t and raid pivot csleini through di:n1iciri rally opposite portions oi' the margins of the eye-halls as clearly shown in Fig. 6. To more toe eye balts 23. they are piioied at QT to rerrwardly evtcnding links 28 whiih. in turn. are pivotally connected at their rear ends at :5 to operating members 30. which. in this instance. are in the form oi lei cro. The levers lll are tulcruincd at 31 and project through openings in the side wall. 25. The outer projecting ends of the levers So are pretcrahly in the form of ears 33, the pivots 31 licinn' vertically positioned so that movement of the levers is in a horizontal plane. Above and below the openings 132 are inwardly projecting flanges 34 in which the opposite ends of the pivots 31 are secured. The levers are positioned between the flanges ill and coiled springs are mounted on the pivots 3i. and each o I said springs has one end anchored at 36 in one ot the flanges li t and its other end anchored at ST in the lever. The springs are constructed to tend to swing the inner ends of the levers rearwardly to approximately the position shown in Fig. 3, yield ingly holding the members 23 turned par tially toward each other, as in Fig. 3.

The invention being mounted. as suggested in Fig. 1. upon the radiator of an automobile. for example, the invention oper ates as follows: When the wind is blowing strongly toward the front of the member 11 as when. for example. the automobile is being driven, the pressure of air upon the chin 15 forces said chin to swing downwardly and rearwardly, thus opening the Til Ill]

mouth of the image. It will be noted that as soon 11S the mouth is opened slightly the air enters the some and has a greater area to exert pressure against so as to aid in swinging the Chill 15 further away from the upper l'p i thus opening the mouth still Wider.

The pressure of .tll against the outer ends 3 3 of the levers 3t? CtFzSQS the inner ends of ztitjl levers to swing 't orwarclly, thus to rotate the meni i ers 23 in the orifices 22. This protluces :1 motion from one side of the eriliees to the other sitle of spots or ii'ises IE8 pnintetl or otherwise prothteecl on the front titres oi' the lii lllllillr' :23. With every variation in the n'iiiti. pressure, produced by actual variations in the foree of the Wllltl or by the rallying speeds of the automobile tlie ehin 15 untl ears 32, will be caused to Us' rill-ate, thus producing opening and elos ing of the mouth and oscillation of the e balls.

I claim:

I. A winshopet'zttetl ornament COIHPJislttgf :1 heiitlshiipetl member having eye-orifice; eye-bells movuhl mounted in the member and estentling into the orifices, levers pivot ally connected with the hetutshiipetl n'letnbet to swing horizontally and projecting out weirdly from said member for operation by Wind pressure, and means opernhly conneetin the levers to the eye-halls.

2. A wind-operated OIIlttHlGIll' comprising 21. head-shaped member having eye-oriliees, eye-balls movably mounted in the member and extending into the orifices, ear-shaped members pivoted to the head-shaped memher to swing horizontally when struck by the Wintl, and means operuhly rennet-ting the ear-shaped, members with the eye-bulls.

3 A \Vlnthtlptlfaltltl ornament eon'lprising 2a heud-shnperl lIlGHlllOl having it freely hinged ("bin tttornble into open position by air nessure iliereztgainst, menus operating upon tleeeruse of the air pressure below 21 predetermined amount to move the chin into closed position, and means to secure the heznl-shepetl member to an automobile with the chin to the front so that upon forward movement of the automobile at different speeds the chin will be caused to oscillate by the opposing forces of the first mentioned means and the air pressure.

Monet] at Los Angeles, Calif, this 6 day ol' Iiovember, 1925.

(TONSTANCE I. ltIElIZGER. 

